Category: Learning to Read

Making Progress is Not Enough

Posted on February 18, 2019September 11, 2021 by Christina Tan

The phrase “making progress” is misleading. Children with dyslexia need to close the gap to catch up to their peers.

Research Update: Morphemes, Meaning, and Dyslexia

Posted on November 6, 2017July 11, 2022 by Abigail Marshall

In recent years, several separate teams of researchers have issued a series of groundbreaking studies, focused on the reading strategies

Why Tyrannosaurus but Not If?

Posted on July 30, 2017September 12, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

“I don’t understand it: he can read tyrannosaurus, but he gets stuck on if!” This question from the mother of

Reading Fluency in the Dyslexic Brain

Posted on November 1, 2016March 26, 2023 by Cigdem Knebel

Low Level/ High Content Books Practice makes perfect. Better said, practice makes progress. Learning a new skill requires repetition to

Two Books for Right Brain Learners

Posted on August 22, 2014November 30, 2022 by Abigail Marshall

Barbara Hoi of Sydney, Australia has published two books sure to delight parents and teachers. The first book is

Picture It! Teaching Visual-Spatial Learners

Posted on January 16, 2013September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Davis Facilitator Crystal Punch has teamed with educator Betty Maxwell to write a new book geared to teachers and homeschoolers.

Three Parts to a Word – an Explanation from Brain Research

Posted on October 21, 2012September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Davis Symbol Mastery — the modeling of words in clay – is based on the principle that each word has

Research Update: “Nonresponders” and dyslexia

Posted on October 20, 2012September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

A new study confirms that the children who fail to progress with traditional, phonics-based interventions are highly likely to be

Can you read this?

Posted on August 13, 2012September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

It probably looks impossible at first. But as you scan through the page, the words seem to materialize. As you continue

Those trigger words!

Posted on July 26, 2012September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

Research shows that the most common word found in English-language books is “the.” Matjaž Perc at the University of Maribor in Slovenia

Breaking a myth: Dyslexics can become readers!

Posted on July 21, 2012September 14, 2021 by Abigail Marshall

A mom writing in the New York Times expresses grief: her first-grade daughter has been diagnosed with dyslexia. The mom

Reader/Writers for Students – A blessing or a curse

Posted on June 27, 2012September 14, 2021 by Ann Cook

Recently I interviewed a young man who had successfully completed a degree at university. He was looking to pursue the

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